The aim of the paper is to show which factors influenced the success of Hungary's and
Croatia's cross-border co-operation with the identification of the main drivers and their
interrelationships and socio-economic effects of cross-border cooperation. The primary
research was conducted through a questionnaire survey of six respondents who were involved
in Hungary and Croatia cross-border cooperation between 2007 and 2013. Cross-border
cooperation between Hungary and Croatia influenced the border counties, thus changing the
way of adopting technological innovations and ideas Were systematically applied within
cross-border cooperation projects. The impact is also visible in the framework of
infrastructure construction, refinement of cultural offer of certain areas and development of
tourist offer that has sought to rural tourism as the ultimate goal.